Perry v. Obama

Yesterday Rick Perry called the Affordable Care Act, “a criminal act.” This is an example of why Perry will never be president. He has a mean streak a mile wide. Readers will recall that he attacked the Fed’s Bernanke in a menacing manner during a stump speech leading up to the 2012 election. Whatever one may think of the act, it is the law of the land, whose constitutionality has been upheld by the Supreme Court. By definition it is not a criminal act. Perry is too angry to be president, and the voters are going to figure it out very quickly. His political persona is not attractive.

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I sense that Perry believes the rest of the country is mostly like Texas. Either intentionally or unintentionally, Perry is surrounded by people who agree with him no matter what he says.

Does anyone honestly believe there’s a person in Perry’s life (other than Anita) who would say to him anything other than, “You’re absolutely right, Governor. Obamacare IS a crime. It WILL destroy this country!”

Perry’s simply refuses to consider that another person’s idea or viewpoint might be valid. Let’s be honest, Perry doesn’t exactly come across as “considerate”, “thoughtful” or “open-minded.” He’s a lot like GWB in that respect and that showed in 2012.

He’s been in politics so long that he’s can’t see anything without compartmentalizing it into “Rep” and “Dem”, “Conservative” and “Liberal”, “My Idea” and “Not-My Idea.” The world is just too complicated to govern with that attitude.

Beerman

Gov. Oops has always believed that he is the High Priest of Morality in government. He has made many attacks over the years under the guise of Christian beliefs that are not very Christian. And, I have never understood why so-called religious politicians, like him, oppose helping those in need?

Gandhi made the observation, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

I’m 28 years old, married to my high school sweetheart, Alicia and the father of 3 sons.

Beerman

Sounds like you have a great start in life, don’t screw it up!

I have been married over 50 years with sons, 44, 46, & 48 years old and grandkids almost your age.

Remember what Coach Royal always told young folks, “Smile, like people, and talk to them. Be polite and fair with people, protect your integrity by following the rules, work hard, do it right and the doors of opportunity will open for you.”

Keep up your obvious love of politics, and remember that government can not protect everyone from everything all the time.

Jed

it would be nice if it didn’t actively aid in screwing people, on the other hand.

Jon

Perry got a bit of a boost from the Wendy Davis filibuster kerfuffle, as far as his image outside of Texas among core conservative Republican primary voters, especially the social cons. But the current ObamaCare/government funding/looming debt ceiling battle in Washington has dropped him back into the boondocks as far as publicity goes — i.e., if Perry runs, he’s possibly vying for the same primary electorate as Ted Cruz, and Cruz has sucked all the mid-summer oxygen out of the governor’s room.

That doesn’t mean Cruz can be elected president or even that Cruz could win the Republican nomination for president, but that he is a threat to take away the primary votes Perry would need among hard-core conservatives to remain viable. So just as Rick Santorum boogied down to Austin during the second special session to remind social conservatives he hates third trimester abortions as much as Rick Perry, the governor’s tossing this one out to let the Tea Party folks know he hates ObamaCare as much as Ted Cruz.

I think Santorum’s recent moves is that he’s done with politics man. Perry, however, is itching for one last hurrah in 2016 for the Presidency.

Lone Star

Show me a conservative Republican who’s not angry. You can’t. They have the power, the wealth, all branches of government in Texas and they’re always angry. It’s sad.

John Bernard Books

yes, I especially loved the way they stormed the Texas Senate and outshouted the legislature. Can you imagine what would have happened if the DPS hadn’t taken their jars of urine and feces? Damn angry low information republicans.

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